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St George, Kendal
St George's Church
Kendal Church
Street:-   St George's Walk
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   SD51969295
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BYC42.jpg (taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC43.jpg (taken 11.4.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  St George's Church
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"St George's Church (Per Curacy)"

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Saint George's Chapel
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P021, button  goto source
Page 21:-  "... [Kendal]"
"... Saint George's chapel fronts the Market-place and Strickland-gate. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Nurse 1918
source data:-   Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.
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NUR1SD59.jpg
"K. ST. GEORGE'S"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

incumbents:-  
Woodcock, W J  1841 - 1843 
Finch, F M  1844 - 1847 
Meredith, J B  1847 - 1856 
Gabriel, E  1856 - 1875 
Crewdson, G  1875 - 1893 
Britton, R W  1893 - 1912 


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BYC45.jpg  Coat of arms.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC48.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC49.jpg  Organ, maker:-
"Wilkinson &Sons, / 18 KENDAL 83." (taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC50.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC51.jpg  Organ, by Wilkinson and Sons, 1883.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC46.jpg  Mother Union banner.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC47.jpg  Mother Union banner.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BYC44.jpg  War memorial.
(taken 11.4.2013)  
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BLU67.jpg (taken 9.4.2006)  

notes:-  
This was first built as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, Kendal, in 1754, in a building in Market Place. The ground floor was the town gaol. The present building, architect George Webster, Kendal, was built 1841. There were twin octagonal towers which were removed in 1978.

: : church leaflet

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Henry A
date:-   1907
 to 1911
New chancel.

dedication
person:-    : St George
place:-   Kendal / Carlisle Diocese

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